Home Region: Maghreb (Africa)

Almoravids

1035 CE 1150 CE

SC EQ 2020 ma_almoravid_dyn / MaAlmor

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General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement

[75,000 to 150,000] people

Polity Territory

4,000,000 km²

Polity Population

6,000,000 people

1100 CE

Largest Communication Distance

Hierarchical Complexity

Religious Level

[2 to 4]

Military Level

[4 to 5]

Administrative Level

Professions

Professional Soldier

present

Professional Priesthood

present

Professional Military Officer

inferred present

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building

present

Merit Promotion

absent

Full Time Bureaucrat

present

Law

Judge

present

Formal Legal Code

present

Court

present

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market

present

Irrigation System

inferred present

Food Storage Site

present

Drinking Water Supply System

present

Communal Building

present

Utilitarian Public Building

present

Symbolic Building

present

Knowledge Or Information Building

present

Special Purpose House

present

Transport Infrastructure

Road

present

Port

present

Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry

present

Trading Emporia

present

Enclosure

present

Ceremonial Site

present

Burial Site

present

Information / Writing System

Written Record

present

Script

present

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

present

Nonwritten Record

present

Non Phonetic Writing

absent

Mnemonic Device

present

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Sacred Text

present

Religious Literature

present

Fiction

present

Calendar

present

Information / Money

Precious Metal

present

Indigenous Coin

present

Article

present

Information / Postal System

Postal Station

present

Courier

present

Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System

present

Volume Measurement System

present

Time Measurement System

present

Length Measurement System

present

Geometrical Measurement System

present

Area Measurement System

present

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Religion Tolerance Coding in Progress.

Human Sacrifice Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Almoravids (ma_almoravid_dyn) was in:

Home NGA: None

General Variables

Identity and Location

Temporal Bounds

Political and Cultural Relations

Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Population of the Largest Settlement:
[75,000 to 150,000] people

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Polity Territory:
4,000,000 km²

Confident

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Polity Population:
6,000,000 people ^{1100

CE}

Confident

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Largest Communication Distance:
-

Undecided

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Hierarchical Complexity

Religious Level:
[2 to 4]

Confident

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Military Level:
[4 to 5]

Confident

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Administrative Level:
4

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Professions

Professional Soldier:
present

Confident

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Professional Priesthood:
present

Confident

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Professional Military Officer:
present

Inferred

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Bureaucracy Characteristics

Specialized Government Building:
present

Confident

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Merit Promotion:
absent

Confident

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Full Time Bureaucrat:
present

Confident

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Law

Judge:
present

Confident

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Formal Legal Code:
present

Confident

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Court:
present

Confident

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Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Market:
present

Confident

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Irrigation System:
present

Inferred

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Food Storage Site:
present

Confident

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Drinking Water Supply System:
present

Confident

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Communal Building:
present

Confident

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Utilitarian Public Building:
present

Confident

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Symbolic Building:
present

Confident

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Knowledge Or Information Building:
present

Confident

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Special Purpose House:
present

Confident

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Transport Infrastructure

Road:
present

Confident

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Port:
present

Confident

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Special-purpose Sites

Mines or Quarry:
present

Confident

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Trading Emporia:
present

Confident

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Enclosure:
present

Confident

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Ceremonial Site:
present

Confident

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Burial Site:
present

Confident

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Information / Writing System

Written Record:
present

Confident

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Script:
present

Confident

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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing:
present

Confident

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Nonwritten Record:
present

Confident

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Non Phonetic Writing:
absent

Confident

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Mnemonic Device:
present

Confident

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Sacred Text:
present

Confident

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Religious Literature:
present

Confident

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Fiction:
present

Confident

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Calendar:
present

Confident

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Information / Money

Precious Metal:
present

Confident

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Indigenous Coin:
present

Confident

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Article:
present

Confident

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Information / Postal System

Postal Station:
present

Confident

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Courier:
present

Confident

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Information / Measurement System

Weight Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Volume Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Time Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Length Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Geometrical Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Area Measurement System:
present

Confident

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Human Sacrifice Data

Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.

Coding in Progress.

Crisis Cases

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Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

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Coding in Progress.

Almoravids

1035 CE 1150 CE

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NGA Settlements:

Home NGA: None

Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.